BP’s Dudley: Time for ‘scaleback’ in Gulf cleanup (USAT)

BP’s got compassion fatigue and is now ready to hire contractors to bear the cleanup and compensation blame. Never really intended to fix anything — Brit accent or yank accent.

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The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers (NYT)

In a world of $184 million CEOs (Larry Ellison, Oracle), why not?

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Economic future ‘unusually uncertain’ (WTimes)

Ha, ha, Bernanke doesn’t know what’s going on in the economy!

Britain’s Leader Carves Identity As Slasher of Government Bloat (NYT)

Don’t hold your breath that the new Thatcher wannabe will slash the government’s annual payment to the royal couple (about $7.3 million).